Daily Republican., 1887-11-12
KI0N Es OF THE ARGEN TINE RE.
PUBLIC.


Ds the Unissd States hns increased but
70 per cent. and The city OF Buenos
Ayr<s Ia growing faster than Mime
Apolis or Denver. Last year 1t Ieosived
In, 900 immigrants from Europe, aud
shs natural increase Ii very large. The
nav. comers arc mostly Italians aud
Bssl ase, with . sprinklinR Of Germans,
Swiss and Svedes. To tempt ths i'm.
migrants into the agricultu urAl d is:ric,s
the g0vernment has enarted land laws
even more liberal than ours. Each
head Of . family IL entitled to 80 acres
free, and ~ much more % he desires to
purchase. 70 . limit Of ], $50 acres, Ut
about seventy. 70 0epts an acre 10 oar
money. Or the sestlsr may acquire
!, 500 aares free after ave years BY plant.
ing 200 acres to grain ALd svents -four
acres to timber. Free transportation
from Bxsnos Ayres to the place of locA-
tina is granted to all settlers and their
fam lilies, sxsm mpsion from taxation for
tan yeats, and colonization societies
o re orzanixed which Issue honda guar
81 iced By the government, the proceeds
of which arc loaned to the settlers 10
sums not greater than $1,000, for hve
years, with interest OF six per cent,
apon the cultivation of . certain
sH oans Of land and ths erection Of
certain amoont Of improvements. The
results OF these bencdoent laws are con-
spicuous, In 1886 nearly nine hundred
thousand acres OF Wild land were
ploughed and planted. One firm In
Buspos Ay,ss sold 1900 reapers manu-.
feotured IN the United Slater, and other
hrms . u1nb beg; elevators ara being
crested upon the banks OF the rivers,
from whioh wheat is loaded into vssssls
for Brasil and Kurops, aud the average
crop was twenty two bushels of wheat
TO she aore.
In 1885 there were forty-one million
shsep In the United States, seveuty.two
millions In Australia, and one hundred
milliOus In the Argentine Republic.
We have sWo.shirds of sheep to every
inbabitAut; in tho Argentine Republic
thsrs are twenty-five sheep, and in Urn.
quay forty sheep to every man, woman
ana child. We have forty millions Of
horned cattle 70 4 population Of sixty
millisns; The Argentine Republic and
Uruguay have thirty. eight millions Of
cattle ~ population OF four and q half
millsons- In Uruguay, with popula-
ton Of ave hundred thousand souls,
millions OF sheep, two million OF horseS
or sixty head OF stock for each man,
woman an6 child. Fifteen million dol.
lars has bese investsd In wire fsncss in
Uruguay alone, and more than tglcs as
muoh In the Argentine Republic. In
| either OF the countries q COW can bs
bought for IS, o steer fattsnsd for the
| market for $40 or sig. q pair Of oxen
/ IN nrAt hf IN hnrGsa
s. or $40. and o roadster for 625. . "a ult
hide will bring.
Mares are never broken TO saddle ol
harness, but are allowed 20 run Wild IL
I The pastures from the time they art
foaled till tbey cease to be Of value fol
breeding, when they are driven to th,
1 snlederos. OF slaughter houses and Kill
eli for their hides. A man who woult
use q mare under the saddle or before
wagon would bs considered Of unsount
mind. There Ia . suparatitt0n aRatns
u Is.
i There used 20 be q plsee called Pa.a
gonia. 1t appears on our Reo2Faphts
Inow ~ "a drear aud uuinbabitacl'
wssts, upon which herds Of wild horse
and cattle eraEs, that are hunted TO-
dis MS of immense stature
Several years Ago Patagonia was d.
vided between Chit and the Argeatin,
Republic, the N inisters from the Uritet
States to those two countries doing tn
Ioarying. The SUBMITS of the Cordil
| leras were fxsd % tile boundary lines
|, Ohili took shs Strait Of Magellan AMI
|, the strip along the Pacific coast between
lsha mountains and the sea and tn
lArRen tine Republic the pampas, tn
i arohipelago OF TERRA del ERego beini
divided bstweeu them. Since tins par
. titio1 ranchmen have been pushing
lsoashward with great rapidity, an
now she vast territory 10 PRACTICAL,
! occupied. There are NO more wild cAttl
or horses than in Kansas. and tn
ldreary, uninhabited wastes Of Pa.a
eoaia have gone into oblivion with ta
: "3reAs American Desert"
. Modern ideas and modern inveus ston
Are saisSd by tho Argertines with q
|, feager grasp, and are enjoyed with grea
!. satisfaction. Tho est9nciero now goe
TO his camp on Pullman car instaa
Of O silver laden saddle. he talks owe
O telephone with the superintendent o
: ais ranch, and slaughters his cattle b
oleotrlc light. The people are now
\ hundred ysars ahead OF any othe
Spapish- h-Ameriean city. Bueros Ayrs
, seem mora like Oh!osgo than any piac
south of Mason and Doxoa's line. Riy
railroads radiate from 1t In different d
reotious; l22 miles OF strest car trach
furnish conveyance within its liMi
Q there are more telephones In use In pr
!, portion to the p0pul alton than IA
other dty ON the globe; the slectr!
light 10 In more general use for street.
dwellings and business houses than i
s. New York or Bosson; nine theatres a.
, constantly open; Italian opera is give
z Twice . week for six months i1 Il
Z year, with tickets nt six dollars. m
]. there are twenty. one daily Rswspaper
two Of which are published In the Eu.
. iish language. the editor ct the mo-
;. enterpstsing being Winsiow. the fus
Mvs Boston forgsr.
sl There ara banks In Bounos Aver
. larger In capital and volume OF bus
nee than almost any In the world, an
i occupying palaces Of iron, glass An
q marble, The Bank OF Province has
paid-up capital OF eS7 ,008 600. circul
!. tion of e2e, 900, 900, deposits smountir
to e66, ,oO9, 900 and e67 COX, 900 OF LOAF
i. | aud discounts. The National Bank ha
. capital Of $50, ,000. coo, ono half of u
stock belongs TO the government and
4 pays dividends OF 2S par csnt. Thsl
2 are nine bsaks with more than . mill!0
J. capital, aud the average amouns Of d.
+ posits per capita Of population Is IS
h | while It 10 only $40 in the United State
Where the rivers do not run the 60
Iesnment is building railroads, and {
0 the LIST Of January, 1887, there wei
200 miles under operation. with Col
TRACTS for An extension OF the eyste
amounting to nearly $50. 600 900. A
the roads arc either owned by the gov
ernmeut OF subsidized by 1t. The cor
mon method Is for Congress TO give
= tract OF land as gratuity, and gusral
z tee interest to the amount OF four or f'